Remember when?

[goldfish65]

Rod Serling's Night Gallery
Not as good as Twilight Zone of course but well done and often had veteran actors. Was watching an episode today, the first scene, during a storm, a close-up of Auto-Temp II and fake burled wood, I am thinking Imperial but when Sandra Dee "makes a wrong turn" and stops at a cool modern house to ask directions, it's a '72 Malibu wagon. The couple who live there are nice and have some high-tech gadgets and she realizes later it's THE FUTURE and the man is really her little boy. And naturally there are other revelations!

 

[Jon O.]

Another thread reminded me of those tricked out vans of the 70's.

 

[Fury440]

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Does bring back memories! I knew a fellow who would air brush those kind of scenes completely freehand from memory. He was much like the TV painter with the afro, Bob Ross. You don't see much of that level of talent anymore, too easy to snap a picture with your phone and have it printed on a plastic wrap. The results maybe picture perfect, but in my mind, the old fashioned air brush was more pleasing to the eye.

 

[Jon O.]

Does bring back memories! I knew a fellow who would air brush those kind of scenes completely freehand from memory. He was much like the TV painter with the afro, Bob Ross. You don't see much of that level of talent anymore, too easy to snap a picture with your phone and have it printed on a plastic wrap. The results maybe picture perfect, but in my mind, the old fashioned air brush was more pleasing to the eye.

A family friend of ours used to have an orange airbrushed van like that too back then, his family recalls it as "the coolest van in town!"

 

[67newport]

 

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[Fratzog]

I still have a soft spot for mid-century design.

 

[67newport]

ralph haver homes

that furniture in a ralph haver home would be nice to have.

 

[Jon O.]

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I still have a soft spot for mid-century design.

Call me crazy but I always liked the super 70s furniture. Here is a picture of my living room. Furniture I grew up with. All bought in 1972.

 

[cm23uoc]

Throw away the TV and it's perfect.
Did that 4 years ago, didn't miss it for a day.

 

[Jon O.]

Throw away the TV and it's perfect.
Did that 4 years ago, didn't miss it for a day.

Ive thought about it, never anything good on, and I grow more tired everyday of the B.S. thrown at me by commercials. We still had the 70's tv until a few years ago when it bit the dust.

 

[Fury440]

The couch in front of the TV and my living room couch have the identical material. I bought mine in about 1975.

 

[67newport]

 

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[Newport 66]

We used to hang out at the local speed shops (Howies and Bob's in Lacrosse,WI and New Albin,IA). Those guys knew their stuff and it was great to touch the stuff and look it over before buying. Those days are pretty much gone......

 

[67newport]

 

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[65sporty]

Don't see these guys too much anymore compared to what I remember on the streets of San Francisco in the '70s. Yet it seems there is one left.
Shoeshiner by Day, Sleeping on SF Streets by Night

The last time I saw someone shining shoes was when I was still in the Air Force. Always someone on base to do it.

 

[Jon O.]

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Back when people worried about how they looked in public, now they walk around looking like they just rolled out of bed, yuck.